FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AT
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1995 (202) 616-2771
TDD (202) 514-1888
JOEL KLEIN NAMED ANTITRUST DEPUTY FOR REGULATORY AFFAIRS
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Department of Justice today named
Joel Klein, Deputy Counsel to the President, as the Antitrust
Division's Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General.
Klein succeeds Robert E. Litan, who is leaving the
Department to become the Office of Management and Budget's
Associate Director for General Government and Finance.
Anne K. Bingaman, Assistant Attorney General in charge of
the Antitrust Division said that Klein, 48, will oversee the
Division's expanding civil antitrust enforcement program
involving industries such as, telecommunications, health care,
and banking, other than merger cases which are handled by another
Deputy. He will also be responsible for competition advocacy,
other regulated industries, and international trade.
Klein comes to the Division from the White House Counsel's
office where he has served since 1993 as a legal advisor to the
President.
Before his work at the White House, Klein was in private
practice with the Washington law firm, Klein, Farr, Smith &
Taranto. He practiced law in Washington for twenty years and is
considered to be one of the nation's leading appellate advocates.
Klein has argued 10 cases before the U.S. Supreme Court and more
than 20 cases before the various federal courts of appeal
throughout the country. He has also been lead trial counsel in
numerous federal court cases both at the trial and appellate
levels. Klein has had a broad involvement in antitrust issues.
"Mr. Klein's wealth of experience in private practice, as
well as his experience from the White House Counsel's office,
will make him an extremely valuable asset to the Division as we
continue our civil antitrust enforcement efforts," said Bingaman.
Klein has also served as an adjunct and visiting professor
of law at the Georgetown University Law Center where he taught
courses on the role of the federal courts and civil procedure.
Klein graduated magna cum laude from Columbia College and
Harvard Law School in 1967 and 1971 respectively. He served as a
law clerk to Supreme Court Justice Lewis F. Powell and to Chief
Judge David C. Bazelon of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C.
Circuit.
In addition to his work in the private and public sectors,
Klein has dedicated many hours to community service. He received
a volunteer recognition award from the National Association of
Attorneys General for his efforts to assist states in preparing
for arguments before the Supreme Court and was recognized by the
American Psychiatric Association for his outstanding
contributions to the psychiatric aspects of jurisprudence.
Klein and his wife Patsy Davis, currently reside in
Washington, D.C., with their daughter Julia, and a step-daughter,
Harriet.
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